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Author | : Bill Gulick |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780826334862 |
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This is the fourth and final volume in the "Roll on Columbia" series that follows the course of the ecological destruction in the Pacific Northwest's vital watershed.
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : James E. Kelly |
Publisher | : Addison Wesley Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780201057270 |
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Traces each step in the design and construction of earthfill and masonry dams and describes the equipment and machinery used.
Author | : James Mark Miller |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2016-02-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857905635 |
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This history of Scottish hydropower vividly chronicles the mid-20th century public works projects that transformed the Highlands. In the thirty years after the Second World War, the construction projects of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board changed the face of the Highlands. They brought electricity to nearly every region north of the Highland Line. Founded by Scotland’s idealistic Secretary of State Tom Johnston, these epic projects of hard labor in beautiful landscapes gave hope to Highland communities. By the time the last scheme was opened in Foyers in 1975, the engineers had built some fifty major dams and power stations, almost 200 miles of tunnel, 400 miles of road, and over 20,000 miles of power line. The Board had to overcome adverse weather and difficult terrain, as well as political opposition. The Dam Builders is a vivid account of these historic projects and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality.
Author | : Rebecca Stefoff |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2015-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1502605961 |
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Dams change the landscape, providing reservoirs of freshwater and even producing electricity. Discover the engineering behind dams.
Author | : Michael Runtz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781554553242 |
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This book is a comprehensive overview of the lives of beavers and the habitats that arise from their actions. It is a visual extravaganza with approximately 400 photographs providing intimate insights into the lives of beavers and the other inhabitants of their ponds. And many new observations and rarely seen moments will be revealed as well.
Author | : Joseph E. Stevens |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1990-09-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780806122830 |
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Traces the construction of Hoover Dam, describes the technical and political challenges, and discusses the economic impact of the dam
Author | : John Bourne |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : English fiction |
ISBN | : 9780304933389 |
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Author | : David P. Billington |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2017-04-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0806157887 |
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The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams’ baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate. Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major water-storage structures were erected in four western river basins. David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson reveal how engineering science, regional and national politics, perceived public needs, and a river’s natural features intertwined to create distinctive dams within each region. In particular, the authors describe how two federal agencies, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, became key players in the creation of these important public works. By illuminating the mathematical analysis that supported large-scale dam construction, the authors also describe how and why engineers in the 1930s most often opted for massive gravity dams, whose design required enormous quantities of concrete or earth-rock fill for stability. Richly illustrated, Big Dams of the New Deal Era offers a compelling account of how major dams in the New Deal era restructured the landscape—both politically and physically—and why American society in the 1930s embraced them wholeheartedly.
Author | : Joe Clabby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
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ISBN | : 9781097155514 |
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In 1912, while on his honeymoon on Campobello Island in the Canadian Maritimes, hydrologist and dam engineer Dexter P. Cooper had an epiphany. He envisioned a massive dam - one that stretched from the Canadian mainland to Eastport, Maine - and from Pleasant Point, Maine down Passamaquoddy Bay to Lubec. If built, his dam would generate a million megawatts of renewable energy daily! This dam would eventually be known as "The Quoddy Dam."Book 1, The Dam Builders, is the prelude to Dexter's efforts to build his massive, tidal-driven dam in Downeast Maine. Before building his "Quoddy Dam," Dexter helped build one of the world's largest dams on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. He was also involved in building dams on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals in Alabama; on the Zumbro River near Rochester, Minnesota - and on the Nile River at Aswan, Egypt.During the thirteen years that elapsed between the time that Dexter first imagined his Quoddy Dam - and the time he started building his dream dam - the United States and the world went through many profound changes. The United States entered World War I; the country's economy soared during the "Roaring 20s;" jazz was introduced; women demanded equal rights; Prohibition prohibited the sale of alcohol; morals and mores changed - with the effect of those changes still evident today. These events serve as a backdrop that explains the life and times of the book's main characters.The Dam Builders also introduces Dexter's wife Gertie; Dexter's brother Hugh Cooper; and a cast of characters from Maine who, in later books become key players in Dexter's attempt to build the Quoddy Dam. "The Mainers" shed light on the Maine attitudes and mores at the beginning of the 20th Century. Book 1 also introduces Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), the 32nd president of the United States, who actually owned a "cottage" on Campobello Island - and who crossed paths with Dexter Cooper long before he became president. FDR will play a central role in the final book of the series: Book 4: The Quoddy Dams."To learn understand who Dexter P. Cooper really was - and to understand how the events of the day influenced his life and future actions - Book 1 is a must read in the "Stewards of the Bay" series.